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Contact Lenses and CareCan I Wear My Contact Lenses in the Shower?1
Water can damage a lens just as dramatically as a torn fingernail or bit of dirt. So here we expand upon the tricky relationship that contact lenses have with water—in this case under the shower.
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Transform Your Look: How to Choose Colour Contact Lenses
Getting older is great. With age comes wisdom and the prospect of retirement. What’s not to love? One answer is failing eyesight due to presbyopia. As we grow older, many of us need help with our vision. The good news though is that, through the magic of multifocal lenses, crystal-clear sight remains accessible for everyone, however old we get.
Multifocal Contact Lenses: How to Choose
Getting older is great. With age comes wisdom and the prospect of retirement. What’s not to love? One answer is failing eyesight due to presbyopia. As we grow older, many of us need help with our vision. The good news though is that, through the magic of multifocal lenses, crystal-clear sight remains accessible for everyone, however old we get.
Are Contact Lenses Safe?1
Yes! Contact lenses are safe. So here’s some more information which you should find reassuring. Every form of modern contact lens lets oxygen pass through. This means the old days of eyes swelling and suffocating behind hard lenses are largely that: a thing of the past. Advanced polymers made of hydrogels and silicone-hydrogels – plus the science behind rigid gas permeable lenses—make all lenses safe, in principle.
How to Remove Your Contact Lenses
It’s the end of the day. Or perhaps you just feel it’s time to remove your lenses and change to glasses, for whatever reason. Having mastered how to put in your contact lenses, now it’s time to remove them and care for your lenses. Worry not: here’s what you need to do next.
Are Gas Permeable (Rigid) Contact Lenses a Good Idea?1
It’s a good question. In a world of soft contact lenses, why would you select a hard(er) one? Read on to find the answer…
Contact Lenses vs. Glasses: The Ultimate Comparison1
For many contact lens wearers, glasses play an ongoing role, either as back-ups, an alternative, or as an easy way to extend corrected vision time once a full day’s lens wearing is over. It’s always a good idea for a contact lens wearer to have back-up glasses, for days when their eyes are particularly sensitive, tired or (at worst) infected.
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